2015 Formula D season

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The 2015 Formula D season, officially titled the Formula Drift Pro Championship, was the twelfth season of the Formula D series. The season began on April 10 at Long Beach and ended on October 10 at Irwindale Speedway. [1]

Contents

Schedule & results

RoundTitleVenueLocationDateWinnerCar
ProPro 2World
11Streets of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, CA April 10 – 11 Flag of Norway.svg Fredric Aasbø [2] Scion tC
22Road to the Championship Road Atlanta Braselton, GA May 8 – 9 Flag of Lithuania.svg Aurimas Bakchis [3] Nissan 240SX
1Orlando Speed World Orlando, FL June 4 – 5 Flag of Peru.svg Alex Heilbrunn [4] BMW 3 Series
33Uncharted TerritoryJune 5 – 6 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Tuerck [5] Scion FR-S
44The Gauntlet Wall Township Speedway Wall Township, NJ June 26 – 27 Flag of Norway.svg Fredric Aasbø [6] Scion tC
5 Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan July 11 – 12 Flag of Japan.svg Masato Kawabata [7] Nissan GT-R
2 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, WA July 23 – 24 Flag of the United States.svg James Evans [8] Nissan 370Z
56ThrowdownJuly 24 – 25 Flag of Norway.svg Fredric Aasbø [9] Scion tC
3 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, TX August 20 – 21 Flag of Peru.svg Alex Heilbrunn [10] BMW 3 Series
67ShowdownAugust 21 – 22 Flag of Japan.svg Masashi Yokoi [11] Nissan S15
8 Autodrome Saint-Eustache St.Eustache, QC, Canada September 6 – 7 Flag of Norway.svg Fredric Aasbø [12] Scion tC
4 Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, CA October 8 – 9 Flag of Finland.svg Juha Rintanen [13] Nissan S14
79Title FightOctober 9 – 10 Flag of Norway.svg Fredric Aasbø [14] Scion tC

Calendar changes & notes

Results and standings

Pro Championship standings

Event winners in bold.

PosDriver LBH ATL ORL WTS EVS TEX IRW Points
1 Flag of Norway.svg Fredric Aasbø 105.0038.0019.00106.00105.0055.00104.00532.00
2 Flag of Japan.svg Ken Gushi 18.0084.0071.0055.0036.0084.0085.00433.00
3 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Forsberg 38.0068.0083.0036.0036.0070.0051.00382.00
4 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Tuerck 68.0035.00105.0067.0022.0035.0035.00367.00
5 Flag of Lithuania.svg Aurimas Bakchis 83.00104.0036.0051.0019.0019.0051.00363.00
6 Flag of Japan.svg Masashi Yokoi 18.0035.0050.0066.0018.00104.0035.00326.00
7 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Pawlak 36.0039.0020.0037.0067.0021.0068.00288.00
8 Flag of the United States.svg Forrest Wang 23.0067.0018.0051.0020.0035.0071.00285.00
9 Flag of the United States.svg Matt Field 68.0018.0070.0035.0051.001.0038.00282.00
10 Flag of the United States.svg Alec Hohnadell 20.0035.0050.0018.0011.0051.0018.00276.00
11 Flag of Norway.svg Kenneth Moen 18.0051.0035.0036.0039.0052.0018.00249.00
12 Flag of Japan.svg Daigo Saito 18.0018.0018.0034.0050.0068.0034.00240.00
13 Flag of the United States.svg Vaughn Gittin52.0036.0051.0019.0050.0019.000.00227.00
14 Flag of Ireland.svg Dean Kearney 18.0018.0034.0082.0018.0032.0018.00222.00
15 Flag of the United States.svg Tyler McQuarrie 51.0019.0036.0018.0050.0019.0019.00212.00
16 Flag of the United States.svg Chelsea DeNofa 34.0018.0018.0052.0035.0018.0036.00211.00
17 Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Goodin 19.050.001.0036.0067.0018.0019.00210.00
18 Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Mordaunt 50.0018.0052.0035.0019.001.0034.00209.00
19 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mike Whiddett X36.0035.000.0034.0035.0052.00192.00
20 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Charles Ng 34.0051.001.001.0019.0034.0052.00190.00
21 Flag of South Korea.svg Geoff Stoneback 35.0050.0018.0018.0034.001.0018.00174.00
22 Flag of Japan.svg Daijiro Yoshihara 35.000.0020.0018.0018.0051.0019.00161.00
23 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Jhonnattan Castro 1.0018.0034.0035.0018.0034.0018.00158.00
24 Flag of the United States.svg Conrad Grunewald 18.0037.0018.0018.0018.0018.0018.00145.00
25 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Savage 35.0018.0018.0019.0018.0018.0018.00144.00
26 Flag of Japan.svg Robbie Nishida 51.001.0035.0020.000.0018.0018.00143.00
27 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Essa 1.0018.0018.0018.0035.0018.0034.00142.00
28 Flag of Latvia.svg Kristaps Blušs 18.001.0018.0018.0020.0034.0018.00127.00
29 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Mohan 18.0018.0018.0018.0018.0018.0018.00126.00
Flag of the United States.svg Matt Coffman 34.0018.0018.001.0034.0020.001.00126.00
31 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Jones 18.0018.0018.0018.0018.0018.001.00109.00
32 Flag of the United States.svg Marc Landreville 18.0018.0018.0018.000.0018.0018.00108.00
33 Flag of the United States.svg Nate Hamilton 18.0018.001.0018.0018.0018.001.0092.00
34 Flag of the United States.svg James Evans 1.001.0035.001.000.0034.0018.0090.00
35 Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Wicknick 1.001.0019.0018.0018.001.0018.0076.00
36 Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Foust 18.0019.000.000.000.000.0036.0073.00
37 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mats Baribeau 1.0018.000.0018.000.0018.001.0056.00
38 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dave Briggs 19.001.001.001.000.001.000.0023.00
39 Flag of South Korea.svg Joon Woo-Maeng 1.001.001.001.000.001.001.006.00
40 Flag of Hungary.svg Nikolett Szántó 0.000.000.000.000.001.000.001.00
PosDriver LBH ATL ORL WTS EVS TEX IRW Points

Manufacturer Cup

PosManufacturerPoints
1 Flag of Japan.svg Scion 1113.00
2 Flag of Japan.svg Nissan 640.00
3 Flag of the United States.svg Ford 515.00
4 Flag of the United States.svg Chevrolet 390.00
5 Flag of Japan.svg Mazda 318.00
6 Flag of Japan.svg Infiniti 229.00
7 Flag of the United States.svg Dodge 222.00
8 Flag of Germany.svg BMW 193.00
9 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota 123.00

Tire Cup

PosBrandPoints
1 Flag of South Korea.svg Hankook 1094.00
2 Flag of Indonesia.svg Achilles 696.00
3 Flag of Japan.svg Nitto 673.00
4 Flag of Japan.svg Falken 659.00
5 Flag of Japan.svg Yokohama 652.00
6 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Maxxis 555.00
7 Flag of Singapore.svg GT Radial 356.00

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